Bird Cowboys Song chords by Mummy Joe

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: E

Intro:

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Now, ev'rybody knows the children's tale, 'bout that ugly ducklin' whose mama bailed
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left 'em for dead in a cruel world, all alone.
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But I bet you didn't know what that birdy did next, that he hopped a train n' headed out west.
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Taught himself 'bout livin' life on the road.

Chorus:
             A                            E
Well you can tell the folks in town, Bird Cowboy's come round!
        B                                E
Wearin' newt-skin boots n' a 22-teaspoon hat
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He rolls in without warnin', and he's gone before the mornin'.
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Ridin' on his trusty alley cat!

Verse:
      E                                       A
Was a quiet night 'cept for cricket song, the sun was low n' the shadows long,
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when he rolled into Rico Seco with a score to settle.
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Now he waddled on in to the town saloon, the band piped down and the gamblers crooned.
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Isn't ev'ryday you see a ducky packin' six-shootin' metal.

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Birdy didn't mind no sideways talk, n' he ordered himself a worm on the rocks,
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then he held up a poster of a fella named Bily Bing.
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The poster said, "WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE", n' he asked who'd seen Billy's rotten hide,
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but the air got stale n' nobody said a thing

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Then when he mosey'd on out the bar, he met a white-winged dove underneath the stars.
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She said, "Pleased to meet you, I'm Susie Brown."
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"You ought to know, if yer gonna linger, Billy's got this place wrapped 'round his finger."
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"If I were you, I'd go 'head and git on outta town."

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Before he could form a polite reply, he heard rumlin' hooves n' an awful cry,
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n' in rode Big Bad Billy like the real McCoy.
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Billy hooted n' hollered at what he saw, Birdy stood firm and fixin' to draw,
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When he heard susie yellin', "LOOK OUT BEHIND, COWBOY!"

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He turned to find Billy's five-man-gang, all aimin' him down with pieces in hand,
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but when they started shootin', that Birdy just danced!
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Then he pulled his Colt out, lightning fast, fanned the hammer in a single pass,
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n' struck all five of them back-shootin' crooks out flat.

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He spun to face the man from the poster, n' before Billy's gun even cleared his holster,
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the last birdy bullet flew clean through the outlaw's heart.
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Then he waddled on up to Miss Susie, smitten, "If it weren't for you I'd be shredded chicken."
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"Ya wanna make it even, buy me a drink to start."

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But before she could blink he'd disappeared, left a letter that read,
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"Susie dear, I thank you much and  I think you're awful kind."
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"But the truth is, life's been cruel to me. Whatever love I find turns tragedy."
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"And all I know is to leave and be left behind."

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So if you find yerself in an outlaw band, or a badman west of the Rio Grande,
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you ought to fear the day El Patito Feo flies by
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'Cus they say the early bird gets the worm, but this bird comes late n' he brings the word.
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Loaded in a 45 Colt 'bout half his size!

Chorus:
             A                            E
Well you can tell the folks in town, Bird Cowboy's come round!
        B                                E
Wearin' newt-skin boots n' a 22-teaspoon hat
   A                                  E
He rolls in without warnin', and he's gone before the mornin'.
B                          E    E
Ridin' on his trusty alley cat!